Popular Post Ryan. Posted February 9, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 9, 2022 I wasn't even going to join the Holiday Raffle this year. That's where this story starts. I have been a part of the raffle every year for almost the entire time I've been a member of the boards. It's fun, it lets me connect with at least two boardies each year, and it gives me an opportunity to rotate pieces in and out of my collection without having to buy or sell anything. This year was different. I don't generally get too personal on the boards but my job was in a state of flux, with an unclear future, in the last quarter of 2021. On top of that I have two young children on whom I needed to focus on giving a great holiday while having to navigate all of our holiday parties being cancelled due to extended family members getting sick with Covid, as well as their schools be shut down seemingly weekly for the same reason. It was hectic, it was stressful, and the last thing I felt I could put energy into was something as trivial as a raffle. Yet, digging into my collection is often a welcome distraction and stress reliever and while doing so I managed to put together a stack of books that I figured would be a decent submittal for the raffle. So submit I did, and then largely forgot about the raffle altogether. When the names picking video was posted I sat with my 5 year old to watch the Elves pick the names, figuring that mine would get picked in its normal spot in the latter half of the list and my son would at least get a kick out of seeing the Elves. What I wasn't expecting was to see RYAN picked and announced right at the top. From that very moment I didn't even consider picking anything but the @greggymystery box. I exclaimed to my wife, who has no interest in comics whatsoever but nods along at my endless comics stories, "I got the first pick in the holiday raffle! I'm definitely picking Greggy's box!" To which she naturally replied, "Who is Greggy?" That answer would come soon. Greggy first asked me for my contact info and if I was married, had kids, what my collecting interests were, etc., while adding a secret cabal of specific board members to our PM. I said I was married and had two young boys. A week or two later this ridiculous Paw Patrol tower showed up on my doorstep. My kids made me put it together immediately so they could play with it. It's still in my living room and my kids play with it daily. Sometime soon thereafter this box of fancy chocolates, popcorn and jelly beans showed up. Okay, sure, my kids were happy and my wife was happy, but what about me?? This is where @GACollectibleswas pulled into the madness. We met up for lunch and I was handed a large cardboard box and a 12 pack of Boom Sauce. What could be in this box? TMNT! LB Cole! Pervo Archie! All of my favorite things! If this was everything that Greggy sent then it would have been more than enough. Way more, in fact. Greggy wasn't done. He asked me how my family liked the chocolates and I told him that they attacked that box of chocolates like a pack of ravenous animals so Greggy enlisted @skypinkbluto replenish the stock with yet another shipment of chocolates. I figured it was over, we were done, what else could possibly be forthcoming. Nope, not even close. Greggy alerted me that a massive 47.3 pound box was in the mail. Everything else was preamble. Today, this monster showed up, dumped in the snow by my postal driver, likely because she didn't want to slip on the ice and be crushed by Ninja Turtles books. A worthy death for me, sure, but not for the general public. I knew the books were packed well and secure because this lone piece of cardboard was floating atop an ocean of bubble wrap. It took me about twenty minutes to get everything unpacked, and an hour more to slowly reveal everything. Some insanely awesome stuff but nothing beats multiple copies of Micronauts 1 and 8. Ultimately Greggy impressively packed up 1.5 BCW boxes' worth of comics, and this is AFTER I removed them from the mylars they were sent in. Greggy's box is everything a boy like me could ever hope for but, if I'm being honest, the most fun was being sucked into Greggy's world, where our PM group chat has been running strong for weeks now. I expect to be given the opportunity to PM torture the next victim in 2022's raffle. eastriver400, steveinthecity, Larryw7 and 56 others 52 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post greggy Posted February 9, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 9, 2022 tldr silverseeker, stynxno, 70s80sTimeMachine and 39 others 4 35 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share Posted February 9, 2022 On 2/9/2022 at 1:57 PM, greggy said: tldr I included lots of pics so people can quickly scroll through, like I usually do. ADAMANTIUM, Mystafo, D2 and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treco Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Man that is some haul! @greggy , are you sure you ain't santa claus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seanfingh Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 @greggy is an enigma. So kind, so generous, yet soooo dorky. greggy, oakman29, electricprune and 1 other 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share Posted February 9, 2022 On 2/9/2022 at 2:13 PM, seanfingh said: @greggy is an enigma. So kind, so generous, yet soooo dorky. Accurate summary. greggy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crops068 Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 I am just going with that the cake is a lie! Heck of a nice set, kudos to everyone that sent something over. ADAMANTIUM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattTheDuck Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 I saw the title and thought this should have been posted in the Library. But now I see it's ok. lizards2 and ttfitz 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Aldred Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 (edited) Great selection of comics. And the rest too. Greg’s very, very generous. Edited February 9, 2022 by Ken Aldred Larryw7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 jimjum12 and SpideyFein 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post ADAMANTIUM Posted February 9, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 9, 2022 (edited) Peaceful. Verily peaceful that this thread is in existence. Shows the humanity of kindness that can be achieved. Edited February 9, 2022 by ADAMANTIUM frozentundraguy, alexgross.com, Larryw7 and 5 others 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kav Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 On 2/9/2022 at 10:57 AM, greggy said: tldr hi greggy bye greggy oakman29, Comics4All and ashsaytr 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffro. Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 On 2/9/2022 at 1:53 PM, Ryan. said: Greggy's box is everything a boy like me could ever hope for but, if I'm being honest, the most fun was being sucked into Greggy's world, where our PM group chat has been running strong for weeks now. I expect to be given the opportunity to PM torture the next victim in 2022's raffle. Sucked into greggy's box. Hope you're not too sore. silverseeker, ThothAmon, MetalPSI and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan. Posted February 9, 2022 Author Share Posted February 9, 2022 On 2/9/2022 at 3:47 PM, Jeffro. said: Sucked into greggy's box. Hope you're not too sore. Worth it. oakman29 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post skypinkblu Posted February 9, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 9, 2022 On 2/9/2022 at 2:13 PM, seanfingh said: @greggy is an enigma. So kind, so generous, yet soooo dorky. Plus he's REALLY tall...and an incredibly nice person, but please don't ever tell him I said that;) I will always fondly remember the first time I met him at a forum dinner and he got stuck sitting next to me...after he spent some time at the bar. I don't remember if he actually spilled a drink, or that was just a rumor... But I've been impressed with him ever since;) Randall Dowling, toro, KirbyJack and 10 others 7 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Readcomix Posted February 9, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted February 9, 2022 In a community full of very generous participants, including of course those who Ryan said Greggy called in to help out, that is a mind-blowingly generous and thoughtfully orchestrated gesture. Thank you all! And I'm glad the elves dropped it on a great boardie at a time when he sounds like he could use the lift to his spirits! Thank you for sharing the experience with us. jimjum12, Larryw7, ashsaytr and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B2D327 Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 On 2/9/2022 at 3:45 PM, kav said: hi greggy bye greggy That’s what she said kav, jimjum12 and Readcomix 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystafo Posted February 9, 2022 Share Posted February 9, 2022 Now THAT is a satisfying answer to the mystery of the box Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
